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title: Overview of the Nx Angular Plugin
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description: The Nx Plugin for Angular contains executors, generators, and utilities for managing Angular applications and libraries within an Nx workspace.
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---
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The Nx Plugin for Angular contains executors, generators, and utilities for managing Angular applications and libraries
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within an Nx workspace. It also enables using Angular Devkit builders and schematics in Nx workspaces.
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Among other things, it provides:
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- Integration with libraries such as:
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- Cypress
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- ESLint
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- Jest
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- Playwright
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- Storybook
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- Generators to help scaffold code quickly, including:
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- Micro Frontends
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- Libraries, both internal to your codebase and publishable to npm
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- Projects with Tailwind CSS
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- Executors providing extra capabilities on top of the Angular Devkit builders:
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- Provide ESBuild plugins
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- Provide custom webpack configurations
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- Utilities for automatic workspace refactoring
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{% callout type="note" title="Currently using the Angular CLI?" %}
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You can easily and mostly **automatically migrate from an Angular CLI** project to Nx! Learn
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more [here](/recipes/angular/migration/angular).
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{% /callout %}
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## Setting Up @nx/angular
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### Installation
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{% callout type="note" title="Keep Nx Package Versions In Sync" %}
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Make sure to install the `@nx/angular` version that matches the version of `nx` in your repository. If the version numbers get out of sync, you can encounter some difficult to debug errors. You can [fix Nx version mismatches with this recipe](/recipes/tips-n-tricks/keep-nx-versions-in-sync).
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{% /callout %}
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In any Nx workspace, you can install `@nx/angular` by running the following command:
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{% tabs %}
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{% tab label="Nx 18+" %}
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```shell {% skipRescope=true %}
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nx add @nx/angular
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```
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This will install the correct version of `@nx/angular`.
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{% /tab %}
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{% tab label="Nx < 18" %}
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Install the `@nx/angular` package with your package manager.
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```shell
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npm add -D @nx/angular
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```
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{% /tab %}
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{% /tabs %}
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{% callout type="note" title="Angular Tutorial" %}
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For a full tutorial experience, follow the [Angular Monorepo Tutorial](/getting-started/tutorials/angular-monorepo-tutorial)
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{% /callout %}
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## Using the Angular Plugin
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### Generating an application
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It's straightforward to generate an Angular application:
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```shell
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nx g @nx/angular:app apps/appName
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```
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By default, the application will be generated with:
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- ESLint as the linter.
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- Jest as the unit test runner.
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- Cypress as the E2E test runner.
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We can then serve, build, test, lint, and run e2e tests on the application with the following commands:
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```shell
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nx serve appName
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nx build appName
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nx test appName
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nx lint appName
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nx e2e appName
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```
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### Generating a library
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Generating an Angular library is very similar to generating an application:
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```shell
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nx g @nx/angular:lib libs/libName
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```
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By default, the library will be generated with:
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- ESLint as the linter.
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- Jest as the unit test runner.
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We can then test and lint the library with the following commands:
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```shell
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nx test libName
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nx lint libName
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```
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Read more about:
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- [Creating Libraries](/concepts/decisions/project-size)
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- [Library Types](/concepts/decisions/project-dependency-rules)
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- [Buildable and Publishable Libraries](/concepts/buildable-and-publishable-libraries)
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### Fallback to `@schematics/angular`
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If you try to invoke a generator that is not present in `@nx/angular`, the request will automatically be forwarded on
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to `@schematics/angular`. So, even though there is no `@nx/angular:service` generator, the following command will
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successfully create a service:
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```shell
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nx g @nx/angular:service apps/appName/src/lib/my-service/my-service
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```
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## More Documentation
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- [Angular Monorepo Tutorial](/getting-started/tutorials/angular-monorepo-tutorial)
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- [Migrating from the Angular CLI](/recipes/angular/migration/angular)
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- [Setup Module Federation with Angular and Nx](/concepts/module-federation/faster-builds-with-module-federation)
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- [Using Tailwind CSS with Angular projects](/recipes/angular/using-tailwind-css-with-angular-projects)
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